What was the first movie releases on DVD ?????

[BenAflckisdabomb]

I wanna say that it was Batman and Robin but I don't know. Does anyone know the first movie to be released on DVD was ?

[DarthMaulRat]

Naturally, the Japanese were ahead of us concerning DVD's. A couple of DVDs with music videos were the first released, and the first feature films on DVD were released on December 20th, 1996. These included The Assassin, Blade Runner, The Fugitive, and Eraser (Not Japanese films, but Warner Bros, oddly enough). The first US DVDs were released March 19, 1997, and were all IMAX movies. Warner Bros. quickly followed up with a few DVDs on March 24th, which I'm assuming were the same discs released in Japan, sans subtitles or dubbing.

[Omaru]

can I just hijack the thread to ask what peoples first DVD's were? min was rush hour 2, though I cant remember what order I bought any of my films after that

[FanGirl]

Sleepers was one of the first because you have to flip it. Very annoying and they haven't re-released it.

First, two DVDs I bought were X-Men and Matrix.

[Jack_Sparrow]

There are lots of movie you have to flip, Goodfellas, the initial release of Starship Troopers i don't think Sleepers was the 1st?

[Matt1]

Mallrats and Ghostbusters.

[FanGirl]

I said one of the first.

[code6enterprises]

Matrix, South Park BLU, and Spaceballs.

[in_diana_jones]

my first dvd was scarface (not the collector's edition). oddly enough, it costed me 30 dollars! /forums/images/icons/mad.gif

[ILovePapaSmurf]

<font color="purple">My first dvd was 'Ghost' and 'Dirty Dancing...' Call me a sucker for Patrick Swayze...*sigh* </font color>

[jjcourtright]

I think "From Dusk til Dawn" was the first one I owned.

[Jason_Brown]

My first was "Icky Flix" by the Residents, a treasure trove of old videos and short films by the group. I opened the plastic case only to find that there was no dvd inside! Needless to say, the experience made me somewhat suspicious of this "new technology."